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About Lynda’s Book Reviews
Lynda’s Book Reviews (@lyndas_bookreviews) is a Pets creator on Instagram, also filed under Dogs. The account has 12,716 followers and 3,383 published posts. Recent posts average 125 likes and 11 comments, an engagement rate of 1.01%.
With 12.7K followers, Lynda’s Book Reviews is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Lynda’s Book Reviews follows 7,089 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.8 times the size of the list followed. Lynda’s Book Reviews uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Lynda’s Book Reviews under Pets, with Dogs as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Lynda’s Book Reviews runs to 16 words across 4 lines. The bio mentions @likely_suspects. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Lynda’s Book Reviews dates from May 2026.
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3,383 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Lynda’s Book Reviews, 7 are single images and 3 are carousels. That mix leans toward single images. With 3,383 posts published, Lynda’s Book Reviews's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 3.8 followers for each post published. Lynda’s Book Reviews also keeps 7 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 217 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include been, read, review, briefly and bookreview. The captions tag #bookreview, #cwa, #letsplay, #alexscarrow and #redverdict.
Lets Play by Alex Scarrow
Published 4 June
Book 14 of the DCI Boyd Series of book set in Hastings, although that is where it normally is, but this time it’s largely set in Manchester. Whilst most of the regular police team and Boyd’s family are mentioned it is just Boyd and Goh who are investigating a particularly nasty murder which has been connected to two legacy cases from 20 years earlier. Told from multiple POVs this is a good easy read that highlights two sides of the AI in policing argument.
Briefly, DCI Yolanda Williams rings Boyd whilst he’s at an am-dram theatre production, but he lets it go to voicemail. They meet the following day and Boyd is asked to accept a 2 week assignment, to work with a top secret AI tool called Aurora, in Manchester. He’s a bit of technology dinosaur and this is one of the main reasons he is chosen. However, as the case moves forward at a dramatic pace, thanks in no small part to Aurora, his views are wavering.
Reading this late in the evening I actually thought the book had come to an end then another crime had Boyd racing back to Manchester. This is a gritty well written police procedural and even though I wasn’t sure about moving it from Hastings, it worked really well. I loved that Boyd was chosen for his lack of expertise, that is me, technophobe extraordinaire! Another great book in a great series. Enjoyable and entertaining read.
#bookreview #LetsPlay #alexscarrow
Red Verdict by James Comey
Published 3 June
Book 4 of A Nora Carleton Legal Thriller Series and in my opinion the best to date, although they are all really good, and once again this works well as a standalone. With the author’s background you know this is going to be authentic but it’s also exciting and interesting with a well written and ingeniously plotted story.
Briefly, Edgar Perez was Chief Financial Officer of the Defence Giant CGA. Every day he enjoyed eating at his favourite Italian cafe on Broadway only today was his last meal as he was murdered sitting at his table. Forensics discovered he was killed by the nerve agent Novichok. Suspecting there was a spy in CGA aiming to steal the design for new military drone technology. Deputy US Attorney Nora and her team have to build a strong case to succeed at the subsequent trial but there are obstacles coming from all directions.
Nora is a great character. Strong and determined she lives for her job, and for her daughter who she only gets to see at weekends and her team are a fabulous mix of characters. The investigation was great but what I love most about this series are the brilliant descriptions of the courtroom actions from both the prosecution and the unscrupulous defence attorneys. The legal tennis match had me on the edge of my seat. This is Comey at his best. Fantastic read.
#bookreview #RedVerdict #jamescomey #headofzeus
So honoured to have been a very small part of such a massive event
Congratulations to all those listed.
#cwa #shortlisted #cwadaggers
I will share the full list later but here is the shortlist for the Twisted Dagger, which I was honoured to on the judging panel, for alongside Tracy Fenton Stu Cummins and Linda Moore
QOTD Have you read any of these? Can you pick your winner?
What Happens in the Dark by Kia Abdullah
Her Many Faces by Nicci Cloke
Some Of Us Are Liars by Fiona Cummins
Scenes From A Tragedy by Carole Hailey
The Bodies by Sam Lloyd
We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
#cwa #twisteddagger #shortlist
Elizabeth Strout in conversation with Rachel Joyce. I don’t know how those two ladies managed to stay so cool and calm looking.
Thanks Mr B’s for another fab evening.
#elizabethstrout #mrbs #racheljoyce
Wonderful by Louise Beech
Published 1 June
It was just that. Wonderful. A dual timeline story following the iconic Marilyn Monroe in her heyday in Hollywood and leading up to the date of what we believe to be her death and Flora Baker in the 2010’s in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Two women who seemingly have nothing in common. However, both have a visitation from the Virgin Mary which initially they keep to themselves. Beautifully written this was emotional and in place’s heart-rending but there is hope, always hope.
Briefly, 4th August 1962 and with her tablets counted out Marilyn has her vision of Mary and although it was brief it changed her life. She packed a few things and left her Hollywood home and lifestyle forever. Fifty four years later 36 year old Flora is living a hand to mouth existence working part time in a cabaret club and looking out for her younger sister who is living in a home run by a charity called CARE. Then Flora too has a vision and it seems things are looking up, she’s met a man she likes and her sister is being released into her care.
Marilyn, Flora and Mary are all women who have had struggles in their lives. It’s a book about women and the way they have been treated throughout history. Their worth judged on their appearance and/or their behaviour and the repeated misogynistic behaviour they have been subjected to. I loved both stories but I so wish that the Marilyn story had been true. I do believe she was a beautiful person inside and out and it’s heartbreaking the way she was treated through much of her life. I didn’t put this down once I started it. It was so good. In fact it was Wonderful!
#bookreview #wonderful #LouiseBeech #marilynmonroe
QOTD. Who is the person you consider the most iconic? And why?
The Repentants by Kate Foster
Published 28 May
Very loosely based on several proposals made during the Napoleonic Wars to annex Iceland for its strategic position, resources and as a possible penal colony, all of which the British government turned down, this is a fascinating historical fiction novel. Set in 1790 in St Monans, Fife, Scotland and told from the POVs of three women - Florrie, Eliza and Hallgerd alongside pages from Florrie’s journal.
Briefly, just 20 years old and Florrie Aitken is in an unhappy marriage. When a dinner guest of her husband suggests an illicit liaison, she agrees only to be caught in the act. The local priest insists that she must sit on the repentance bench and her spineless husband Jonny agrees. Florrie finds herself wearing sackcloth alongside two other women one of whom was one of Jonny’s salt serfs, Eliza, who was guilty of not attending church three Sundays in a row. When Florrie’s husband tells her he is sailing for Iceland to run a salt mine there Florrie insists on going with him, and wants Eliza to accompany them as her maid. In Iceland, meantime, Hallgerd’s husband is travelling and her brother has been arrested for murder. As a result, she’s been thrown out of her home and it’s now living in a small traditional Icelandic property.
There were things I liked and things I didn’t about all three women. They have all been treated appallingly by men and there are some real nasty evil ones in the book but the one I really hated was Jonny, what a misogynistic ape! Despite all their hardships I love the strength of, and the character development of, the women and applaud their hard won wars. A good entertaining and compelling read.
#bookreview #therepentants #katefoster #PanMacmillan
QOTD predictive text “The repentants…”
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A New Home for the Irish Daughter by Kate Hewitt
The second book in the Maggie O’Halloran series and I definitely recommend reading this series in order. After the events in book one Maggie, her brother Danny and their friend Brendan O’Donoghue run to Chicago, with Maggie and Brendan pretending to be married so they can get rooms together.
Briefly, it’s 1892, and in Chicago Brendon has found a job in an abattoir, Danny has a labouring job on the site of the World’s Columbian Exposition, to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in America and Maggie has found a position in Marshall Field & Company, a high class department store. The re-emergence of Mrs Stern, who had been championing Maggie’s talent in millinery in New York turns everything upside down for Maggie.
I’ve got to be honest this trio seem to have more than their share of bad luck and meet more than their fair share of bad people! Brendon is still carrying a torch for Maggie and she is still determined to remain single and earn her own living, but I wish she didn’t treat him so badly. I admire her determination but not at the expense of people who are kind to her. This is an easy read, I read it in an evening, and a lovely bit of escapism. A good entertaining book.
#bookreview #BookTour #anewhomefortheirishdaughter #katehewitt #Bookouture
QOTD what the longest distance you’ve move home? Or have you always lived in the same place if so where and is there anywhere you’d like to move to?
The Darkest Tide By Peter Hanington
A brilliant opener to the new Brighton Series starring Susan Cotton. Susan is a district nurse who looks after a lot of elderly patients and has no idea about her father’s colourful past. Told in dual timelines we are taken back to the dark days of 1969 and the even darker present in a town controlled by Organised Crime groups.
Briefly, Arthur Cotton was an accountant working for the mob for 40 years but is now suffering from Vascular Dementia and living out his time in a care home. His best friend, Robert was the mobs hit man and a pretty nasty piece of work, and now he is running an antiques shop. When Arthur sees a dismembered body washed up on the beach he begins to remember many things from those days and starts putting his memories down in notebooks. Unfortunately for him both the current Albanian gangsters and the residue of the old mob feel threatened about him potentially revealing all.
I loved how Susan was determined to look after her father and keep her daughter Ruby safe despite the danger to herself from her detective work. Arthur’s dementia is dealt with sympathetically and appropriately and you can’t help but root for him despite his history. A gritty thriller; violence, blackmail and murder, with a shocking conclusion I never saw coming. This is quite a read!
#bookreview #thedarkesttide #peterhanington #baskervillebooks
QOTD do you like a book with a dual perspective? Or a multiple perspective? And what about timelines single timeline dual or multiple?
A Body of Lies by Marrisse Whittaker
This is dark story which follows two very different but equally interesting women. Rose Hart who has returned to her hometown of Hauxley after a successful career as a crime journalist in London and is now working for the local rag. And Vincenzia ‘Vinny’ Strong who has just been released from prison after serving a term for murder.
Briefly, just before her release Vinny’s only relative, her brother Enzo, is found hanged. The police and forensics agree it’s non suspicious suicide but neither Vinny nor Rose believe that is the case. Rose has come home to see her mother, she left when her sister Sunny went missing 10 years earlier but has never given up looking for her. This unlikely couple pair up to try to solve the mystery with the help of forensic pathologist Leo Thorn. At the same time Rose is tasked with writing an investigative story for her paper for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of local serial killers Jim and Peggy Slater who buried the bodies of their 10 victims under the church or in the cemetery, where they lived.
There are quite a lot of characters in this as well as a number of different threads but it’s fairly easy to follow. I did guess, when they were introduced, two of the individuals who were hiding their true selves, but there were some really good red herrings too that totally misdirected me. There are also an awful lot of coincidences so you need to suspend belief, however, it’s fiction so I’m ok with that. The story itself is even more twisted than you can imagine, it’s dark and disturbing with a shocking conclusion. It’s a compelling read that’s show the depths of depravity to which some people can sink. Great read.
#BookReview #abodyoflies Marrisse Whittaker #bloodhoundbooks
QOTD would you trust anybody who lied to you? Or tell me what you’re currently reading and what it’s about.
Lynda’s Book Reviews's engagement
Lynda’s Book Reviews's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.01%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 99 followers. An average post collects 125 likes and 11 comments, close to 11 likes for each comment.
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Lynda’s Book Reviews (@lyndas_bookreviews) is a Pets creator on Instagram, also filed under Dogs. Lynda’s Book Reviews uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Lynda’s Book Reviews runs to 16 words across 4 lines.
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Lynda’s Book Reviews has 12,716 followers on Instagram (12.7K). Lynda’s Book Reviews follows 7,089 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.8 times the size of the list followed. With 3,383 posts published, Lynda’s Book Reviews's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
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Lynda’s Book Reviews's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.01%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 99 followers. An average post collects 125 likes and 11 comments, close to 11 likes for each comment.
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